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Anne Herzig1, Peter Hommelhoff2, Eleftherios Goulielmakis1
1University of Rostock, Institute of Physics, D-18059 Rostock, Germany.
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Though interference from different emission channels enabled a deeper understanding of strong-field photoemission in atoms and molecules, it remained out of reach for solids. Here, we explore metal needle tips under single-cycle pulses via classical trajectories extended by quantum interference and numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. We find interference of direct and backscattered electrons with fringe pattern encoding subcycle information on birth times and near-field driven acceleration dynamics, opening routes for ultrafast solid-state metrology.
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